A few weeks again, Slay The Spire launched official mod support. I knew this may imply superb new issues for the superb roguey-cardsy game, however I didn’t respect fairly how superb till at this time.
The Googly Eyes mod is the mod of endlessly.
It’s a deft little bit of code, basically seeming to hunt something remotely ocular and auto-apply an excellent Marty Feldman impact to it. And typically there’s a contact of hand-crafting, as an illustration the Defect’s orbs on the character choose display screen:
D’awww! My daughter Connie, who as supporters already know is a surprisingly huge fan of Slay The Spire, is gonna go nuts for these little guys.
Here’s what the opposite courses appear like with their new jeepers-peepers:
Even the ol’ God Whale will get in on the motion:
Sometimes the eyes observe the cursor – usually for bigger characters in non-combat scenes – and typically not, however they’re at all times on the rove regardless, and can spin delightfully every time a personality will get thumped.
Sadly the algorithm sometimes will get confused, so we’re, as an illustration, tragically denied a torrent of googlies from slimebeasts:
Such heartbreaking oversights apart, that is simply the perfect. The best possible. Forget new characters or decks, this completely rewrites Spire. Suddenly, everybody appears like they’re competing in some absurdist Japanese game present.
It’s not simply characters, however even extends to the playing cards, similar to Go For The Eyes right here:
And to rewards, just like the now way more literal Snecko Eye:
My private favorite, nevertheless, needs to be spooksy Ian Vampire right here, who now not appears as if he’s promising darkish everlasting life, however as a substitute asking whether or not you wish to come and get excessive along with his step-dad’s bong that he discovered in the back of the storage:
You can seize Googly Eyes from the Steam Workshop, however you’ll additionally must subscribe to BaseMod and ModTheSpire earlier than it can work.
It is past value it, belief me.
